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Mike here again. Today I’m focusing on policy settings for the Event Logging Service. For clarity, these settings control the Event Logging service; the service responsible for capturing and writing events throughout Windows. These policy settings do
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Hello, this is LaNae Wade from the Directory Services team. Windows Server 2008 Core introduces some challenges in administering servers without an explorer shell. Here are some netsh commands that will help you administer your Server Core installation
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Hi, Ned here again. You’ve probably already started reading about how Windows Server 2008 now supports using Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) technology to synchronize SYSVOL. This means that the legacy File Replication Service (FRS) is no longer
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Hi, Ned here again. I am frequently asked by customers (and Microsoft employees!) where they can get to all the useful Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista audit information. Unlike some of our other components, there’s no clear portal site on
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Hi, Mike here again. This post was originally published in the Group Policy Team blog. Many of you probably know about the power management improvements included in Windows Vista and that you can manage power using Group Policy. However, did you know
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Ned here again. Today I’m going to talk about a new feature of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista called Special Groups auditing . While we’re in here, I’ll run through how we can use the new Group Policy Preferences (GPP) client-side
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Blog time again… Previously, I wrote about two of the policy settings under the computer configuration. Today, I’ll finish writing about the Windows Logon Options policy category by covering the remaining policy setting under the computer
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Mike here again. This is the first of a two part series that originally published on the Group Policy Team blog - updated for Windows Server 2008. I wanted to bring to your attention some new policy settings for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
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Hello again - Bob Drake here. Today I will be talking about a particular behavior with account lockouts that might be seen with the introduction of “ Read-Only Domain Controllers ” (RODC's) in Windows Server 2008. Windows 2008 RODC’s are domain controllers
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Hi, Mike again. Every so often, I’ll talk with a customer wanting to deploy a legal notice to their workstations using Group Policy. Sounds simple, right? Well, it is actually a little tricky to make the legal notice work correctly. Here is a solution
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Hi, Ned here. If you’re a regular reader of the Filing Cabinet , you’ve probably already read about all the new features for DFS Replication (DFSR) added in Windows Server 2008. If not, trot on over here and drink your fill. Just to summarize some of
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Hello there. Bob Drake here to discuss how Windows Server 2008 “Read Only Domain Controllers” (RODC’s) authenticate users differently from the way Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 standard domain controllers do. The “
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Hi, Mike here. Have you ever wanted to map a drive for specific users at logon—without using a logon script? Have you ever wanted to change the local administrator’s password on all your client computers? Have you ever wanted to add items
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Hi, Ned here again. Today I’m going to show some interesting new features of Auditing in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that can be used for troubleshooting problems or seeing what’s happening in your environment. I’ll be building
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Hi, Dave here. Auditing is a wonderful tool and we highly recommend that everyone use it on their servers. It can really help out with diagnosing problems and determining the root cause, and of course with protecting your servers and your network.
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